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}}}>Begin Page URL: http://www.nationalpost.com/search/story.html?f=/stories/20011215/ 877630.html&qs=Glenn%20Miller December 15, 2001 Glenn Miller killed by friendly fire, paper says Big-band leader disappeared in 1944 Reuters LONDON - It has been one of the most enduring mysteries of entertainment history. On the night of Dec. 15, 1944, U.S. big-band leader Glenn Miller, the hottest pop star of the wartime era, left an airbase in southeast England to entertain U.S. soldiers in Paris. Within minutes, his plane had disappeared in fog and Mr. Miller was never seen again. Wild theories about his demise sprang up -- from his torture and death at the hands of the Nazis to the less respectful rumour that he had died in the arms of a Paris prostitute and it had all been hushed up. But a documentary to be shown on British television claims to have unravelled the mystery: Mr. Miller was a victim of friendly fire, a hail of British bombs blowing his tiny single-engined Noorduyn Norseman plane out of t he sky, the Guardian newspaper reports today. Documentary-makers believe that a fleet of 139 Lancaster bombers returning on the fateful night from an abortive mission over Nazi Germany dumped their payload into the English Channel -- and right on to Mr. Miller's plan e. In a recently uncovered amateur film interview, Fred Shaw, a navigator on one of the Lancasters, said he saw the bombs hit a small plane beneath him, the paper said. "I had never seen a bombing before so I crawled from my navigator seat and put my head in the observation blister. I saw a small high-wing monoplane, a Noorduyn Norseman, underneath," Mr. Shaw reportedly said in the inter view recorded before his death several years ago. "'There's a kite down there,' I told the rear-gunner. 'There's a kite gone in.' He said 'Yes, I saw it.' " Mr. Shaw did not make the connection with Mr. Miller until 1956 when he saw the film The Glenn Miller Story. But with several unanswered questions remaining, his claims were dismissed at the time as publicity seeking. However, the paper said new research into Mr. Miller's flight path and time had left little room for doubt. Mr. Miller and his band became famous for such tunes as Tuxedo Junction, In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade and the million-selling Chattanooga Choo Choo. The documentary is to be screened on Britain's Channel Four on New Year's Eve. 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